French riot police use water cannon and teargas to control some 1,200 hooded and masked protesters dressed in black, who turned up on the sidelines of the annual planned demonstration by labour unions.

Shares in Tinder's parent company crash after Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook is getting into the dating game, with a new service he says is "not just for hook-ups".

The Dominican Republic switches allegiance from Taiwan to China after it offered a $4.1 billion package of investments and loans, a Taiwan official says.

The fallout in US gymnastics from the Larry Nassar abuse scandal continues, with famous coaches Bela and Martha Karolyi among those sued by gymnast Sabrina Vega, who alleges they ignored signs about Nassar's behaviour and the risk he posed.

An Israeli judge issues another extension of the extradition case of Malka Leifer, the Australian-Israeli accused of sexually abusing girls at a Jewish school in Melbourne more than a decade ago.